Posted 06/15/2014 05:54 am
Correct, this is a 50,000 lira coin. These were issued every year from 1996 through to 2000. It was replaced with a smaller 50,000 lira coin in 2001 but remained legal tender until the transition to the "new Turkish lira" in 2005.
I believe the Turkish government gave people a one-year window to cash in their old coins after the end of the formal transition period in 2005. So although the coin has a nominal face value of 5 (new) kurus, it will no longer be accepted as such. Indeed, doing so would be foolish, since there's more than 5 kurus worth of metal in this coin.
I believe the Turkish government gave people a one-year window to cash in their old coins after the end of the formal transition period in 2005. So although the coin has a nominal face value of 5 (new) kurus, it will no longer be accepted as such. Indeed, doing so would be foolish, since there's more than 5 kurus worth of metal in this coin.
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